Portrait Pavilion / CoOB Architects
Design: CoOB Architects (Office Jarrik Ouburg + Paulien Bremmer Architects)
Location: Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Client: Duivenvoorde Castle, Voorschoten (NL)
Curator: Non-Fiction
Artists: Rineke Dijkstra, Koos Breukel, Hendrik Kerstens, Mirjana Vrbaski, Amie Dicke and others.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: CoOB Architects
AD Classics: Rietveld Schroder House / Gerrit Rietveld
Still as visionary and eccentric as it was when it was built in the 1920s, the Schroder House by Gerrit Rietveld continues to impress architects and interior designers with its innovative solutions to prominent design questions of its time.
The flexibility of the interior spaces and the obviously planar quality of the house both give it an edge that makes it distinguishable and unique on every level.
More on the Rietveld Schroder House by Gerrit Rietveld after the break.
Fire Station Houten / Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Location: Houten, The Netherlands
Project area: 254 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Daria Scagliola & Stein Brakkee
Fire Station Rijswijk / Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Location: Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Client: City Council of Rijswijk
Project area: 3,400 sqm
Photographs: Daria Scagliola, Stein Brakkee, Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Bonairestraat Groningen / pvanb architecten
Architects: pvanb architecten
Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Client: Lefier StadGroningen
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of pvanb architecten
School De Dijk / Drost + van Veen architecten
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten
Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Project Architects: Simone Drost, Evelien van Veen
Project Team: Onno Groen, Kees de Wit, Remco van Dijk, Constance Pope
Contractor: CAE Nederland, Rotterdam
Builder: Brands Bouwgroep B.V., Emmen
Client: Gemeente Groningen, dienst OCSW
Project Area: 1,325 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2009
Photographs: Roos Aldershof, Rob de Jong
STILLS: A Wiel Arets Architects exhibition
After more than 25 years of continuous innovation, the time for an oeuvre exhibition on the work done by Wiel Arets Architects has come. With more than 250 projects, 20 monographs, a series of products in production, countless lectures and professorships given by Wiel Arets, and four new office publications in the works, the timing seems right.
STILLS shows the development of the oeuvre, shows the projects, expands upon the theoretical background and offers insight into the sources of inspiration and fascination of Wiel Arets himself. From his very early beginnings to his striking and unique personal vision on the future of urban development exemplified by the utopian ‘Zuidstad’ model.
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International Dance and Music Centre / Neutelings Riedijk Architects
Neutelings Riedijk Architects is chosen as the winner of the architecture competition for the new building of the International Dance and Music Centre in city of The Hague, The Netherlands, among a field of 16 renowned international firms. More images and complete press release after the break.
WSN Building Pavilion / pvanb architecten
Architects: pvanb architecten
Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Client: University of Groningen
Project Area: 2,200 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of pvanb architecten
Museum Ter Aar / Drost + van Veen architecten
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten & Mars Interieurarchitecten
Location: Ter Aar, The Netherlands
Principal in Charge: Gemeente Nieuwkoop
Collaborators: Marcel van der Veer, Martijn Potters, Sabrina Roodenburg
Project Area: 340 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Jan de Vries
Municipal Office Winterswijk / OIII Architecten
According to OIII Architecten the starting point for this design was scale, creating a harmony not dependent on difference in scale but in how a larger scaled building could connect to the surrounding smaller building through textures and details.
Architects: OIII Architecten
Location: Winterswijk, The Netherlands
Client: Victoria Winteswijk BV
Design: Maarten Sanders, Armand Paardekooper Overman, Emile Revier and Hans Witt
Team: Joeri Apontoweil, Chanthal den Boer, Jelle Seffinga, Kitty Luiken, Wim de Pagter and Martin Vinkensteijn
Construction: F. Wiggers Ingenieursbureau
Building Physics: Nieman
Project Area: 10,520 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Roos Aldershoff and Thea vd Heavel
Melanchthon College Schiebroek / OIII Architecten
The new building for the high school replaces a former auditorium, adding a significant amount of learning area. It smoothly curls between the existing main building and is connected by the atrium, the auditorium and on the upper level the biology, physics and chemistry classes. Key issues for this task were a healthy indoor climate, inviting architecture and an optimum integration in the green surroundings. More photographs and drawings following the break.
Architects: OIII Architecten
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Design: Eric Paardekooper Overman and Emile Revier
Interior Design: Anouk Dekker and Chanthal den Boer
Project Team: Athir Al-Haddad, Michael Hoogland, Drasko Turcinovic, Martin Vinkestijn, and Michel de Vries
Construction: Pieters Building Technology Delft
Building Physics: Builddesk Arnhem
Client: CVO Rotterdam
Project Area: 3,100 sqm
Photographs: Rob ‘t Hart
De Ronding / OIII Architecten
The De Ronding residential facility for seniors naturally incorporates itself within the surrounding residential neighborhood. The new apartment complex on the Burgemeester Meslaan continues the existing park-like feel, complimenting the Riverland Foundation care center buildings. More photographs and drawings after the break.
Architects: OIII Architecten
Location: Burgemeester Meslaan, Tiel, The Netherlands
Design: Eric Paardekooper Overman and Jeroen Spee
Team: Martin Vinkenstein, Ernst Jan Schoute, Michael Hoogland
Landscape Design: Lodewijk Baljon, Smits Rinsma
Construction: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Delft
Building Physics: ABT-consult, Velp
Client: Housing Cooperation SCWTiel
Project Area: 3,100 sqm
Photographs: Thea van den Heuvel
Tommy Hilfiger’s Peoples Place / Marc Prosman Architecten and Daniel O’Kelly
The first floors of the Atlanta building, designed by F. A. Warners in 1925, were recently refurbished and renovated. The result is an extension of Tommy Hilfiger’s European headquarters with a new restaurant a bar. Peoples Place will be used for pre-sale events and meetings for both staff, guests and business customers. The design collaboration between Marc Prosman Architecten and Daniel O’Kelly of Tommy Hilfiger was intended to exude an ambiance referring to the atmosphere of a dining experience in America from the 1950s.
More about this renovation project from the architects following the break.
Architects: Marc Prosman Architecten and Daniel O’Kelly (Tommy Hilfiger)
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project Management: Marc Prosman Architecten
Building Physics: Pieters Bouwtechniek
Installations: ESI Elektrotechniek, Eye-TS, Imtech
Acoustics: Peutz
Lighting: H. Wolff and R.J. Vos
Audio / Video: Filbry & Partners
Kitchen: Horequip
Constructor: Aannemingsbedrijf A. Koopmanschap
Furniture Construction: The Set Company
Client: Tommy Hilfiger Europe
Project Area: 820 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Jeroen Musch and Courtesy of Marc Prosman Architecten
Simed Health Care Group / DHV Architects
The new head office for Simed Health Care Group, designed by DHV Architects, received the Audience Award of the Rietveldprijs 2009. The building provides a new dynamic work environment for the employees, and is capable of storing medical equipments.
The main building is split into two sections, office and business hall. Designed as robust uniform spaces, the building responds to the adjacent existing hospital and Midden Weteringand. After the break are more photographs and drawings of this award winning design.
Architect: DHV Architects
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Principal Architect: Roel Brouwers
Structural Engineer: DHV B.V.
Building Systems Engineer: DHV B.V.
Architectural Lighting: Har Hollands
Contractor: Korteweg Bouw (Civil), BAM Installatietechniek (Electrical), Warmtebouw Utrecht (Mechanical)
Client: Simed Health Care Group
Project Area: 7,000 sqm
Project Year: 2005 – 2008
Photographs: René de Wit
V36K0809 / Pasel.Kuenzel Architects
Architect: pasel.kuenzel architects
Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
Team: R. Pasel, F. Künzel, F. Sack
Structural Engineer: IMD, Rotterdam
Contractor: Bouwbedrijf Nieuwe Maten, Wormerveer
Client: Private
Project area: 285 m2 + 81 m2 roof terrace
Project year: 2006-10
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg
Tidelands Competition First Prize Winner / MASS architecture and Joep van der Veen
Mass Architectuur and Joep Van Der Veen were selected as one of six first prize winners for a competition organized by ‘Stichting de Stad’ to research potentials for the development of infrastructural nodes around Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Tijland, or Tidelands, was selected by Prof. ir. Kees Kaan, with Koen van Velsen and Prof. ir. Joost Schrijnen, among others.
Read on for more images and information after the break.
OZW Institute / Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Location: De Boelelaan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Client: VU University Amsterdam
Project Management: PRC, Bodegraven
Construction: Royal Haskoning, Nijmegen
Installations: Sweegers en de Bruijn BV, Den Bosch
Contractor: J.P van Eesteren, Amsterdam
Project Area: 20,250 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Daria Scagliola & Stein Brakkee, Richelle van der Valk and Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Rechtbank Law Courts in Haarlem / Bakers Architecten
The law courts in Haarlem consist of four buildings, and since the most recent renovation, all that remains of the original 1890 court building designed by W.C Metzelaar is the facade. The complex, which houses the Family, District and Civil courts, has a gross floor area of around 11,000 sqm and is characterized by multiple differences in level, the product of repeated renovations over the years. The resulting ensemble of buildings is completely integrated with the urban fabric of the historical centre of Haarlem.
More images and drawings following the break.
Architects: Bakers Architecten
Location: Jansstraat 81, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Project Team: Jan Bakers, Frank Stahl, Marieke van den Dungen, Remko Verkaar
Structural Engineering: RGD Adviseurs en Architecten
Project Management: IDEA
Consultants: Grontmij, Roosendaal, Hiench Engineering, RGD Adviseurs en Architecten, Den Haag, Josefien Tegelaar
Lanscape Architect: Bureau B+B
Artist: Spencer Finch
Contractor: BK Bouw
Client: Rijksgebouwendienst, Haarlem
Project Area: 11,000 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Maarten Noordijk, Frank Stahl
Villa Eindhoven / De Bever Architecten
Architects: De Bever Architecten
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Building costs: € 400.000
Project architect: Wim Poell
Construction engineer: Adviesbureau Duisters, Eindhoven Advisor installations: Nelissen Ingenieursbureau, Eindhoven
Building contractor: Gebebouw, Helmond
Materials: Façade plasterwork, aluminum window frames and cement washed garden walls
Project Area: 394 sqm.
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of De Bever Architecten
In Progress: PGGM Headquarters / Mateo Arquitectura
Architects: Josep Lluís Mateo / Mateo Arquitectura
Location: Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project Leaders: Markus Lauber, Till von Mackensen
Project Area: 25,000 sqm offices, 25,000 sqm car park
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Adrià Goula
